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In temporary new home, NOSH reopens NOSH founder Courtney Callahan, of Locust Valley, said, “giving what they have or what After a fire destroyed its they can, with great love.” Glen Cove headquarters in From the start, community August, NOSH, a food delivery members, from business ownservice and a program of the ers to civic organizations to North Shore Soup Kitchen, has individuals, found ways to relocated to St. Hyadonate, and drivers cinth’s Church, in continued deliverGlen Head, until it ing food. can find a permaNOSH was nent location. The founded in March fire left the nonprof2020 to meet the it organization increased need for scrambling to find food assistance creways to continue ated by the coronaserving the 500-plus virus pandemic. It families in Bayville, is staffed by volunLocust Valley, Glen teers who each Cove, Roslyn and week deliver free Sea Cliff who rely emergency NOSHon the weekly groBags, g roceries COURTNEY ceries. needed to prepare The fire, on Aug. CALLAHAN two meals for a fam24 at Veterans of ily of four, with Foreign Wars Post NOSH founder additional bags for 347, resulted in the larger families. The total loss of NOSH’s freezing food that NOSH distributes is and refrigeration equipment, donated by Long Island charias well as its inventory of thou- ties and local businesses. sands of pounds of food — NOSH is now in the process enough to feed its client base of restocking, which will be for two months. The loss was possible now that it has a locacatastrophic, but did not stop tion for drop-offs, walk-ins and the program’s volunteers from storage. It reopened on Sept. 20 continuing its mission. “People are being very dear,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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RAYNHAM HALL MUSEUM’S Colonial Day featured demonstrations of paper-making and weaving.
Raynham Hall brings Colonial days back to the hamlet Museum returns to its roots for an afternoon BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Did you know that muskets, the weapons used in the Revolutionary War, were so inaccurate that the combatants didn’t bother to aim at their targets? They couldn’t hit anyone past 100 yards with the muzzle-loaded long guns, Patrick Mantle, of the Huntington Militia, explained, and they took 15 to 20 seconds to load. The militia’s demonstra-
tion of warfare was but one of several educational opportunities visitors enjoyed at Oyster Bay’s Raynham Hall Museum on Colonial Day, on Sept. 12. “They would just shoot into a crowd to demoralize them,” said Mantle, who demonstrated how to load and shoot a musket. “And it was only effective if everyone fired together to be one wall of steel. Warfare was not for sissies back in the 18th century.”
Drawing a large crowd, the museum’s annual Colonial Day event also featured instruction in the art of weaving, cooking and even making paper, demonstrated by period-costumed re-enactors. John Collins, president of Raynham’s board of directors, greeted visitors at the entranceway of the museum, a structure that dates back to 1738. All were invited to tour the house museum for free. “The reason for Colonial CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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BY JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com
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U.S. REP. TOM Suozzi has been fighting for the reinstatement of SALT for more than four years. In July 2020, he was in Lake Success with then Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who joined in Suozzi’s fight to restore the full deduction for state and local taxes. restoration of the SALT deduction,” Suozzi said, “and I’m pushing for full repeal.” The bipartisan infrastructure package is expected to go before the House of Representatives on Thursday, and includes massive spending increases for improving roads and bridges, broadband, healthcare and fighting climate change. “I support this package and I want to
get this deal done,” Suozzi said of the infrastructure package, noting that the measure includes an extension of the child tax credit, paid family and items related to the environment. “We as a nation will finally be taking the dramatic steps necessary to address climate change. “There are so many things that are essential, but my big thing is SALT,” Suozzi said. “The bottom line is, it’s killing New York state. People are leaving New York because taxes are higher in
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U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi of Glen Cove has been fighting for the reinstatement of the state and local tax deduction for more than four years, and might finally make progress this week. In a news conference held over Zoom on Monday, Suozzi discussed the pending legislation, reiterating that he will not support President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend reconciliation package unless there is a full reinstatement of the deduction. “If we don’t have a fix of the SALT deduction, I’m not voting for it,” Suozzi said. “No SALT, no deal. I’ve been saying that consistently for six months.” The SALT deduction was rolled back in 2017 by President Donald Trump and Suozzi has been trying to get it reinstated ever since. The deduction allows residents to deduct any taxes over $10,000 from their federal taxes, which is particularly important to residents of heavily taxed states such as New York. In 2019, a reversal of the deduction cap passed in the House of Representatives, but the Senate did not approve it. This time, Suozzi said, he has more leverage. Earlier this year, he and 10 members of the House Committee on Ways & Means told Biden in a letter that they will not support any economic package unless it includes the repeal of the SALT cap. “I’m very confident we’re going to get a
New York than they are in Florida or Texas.” In New York, he said, taxes are high because “civil servants get paid more, we insure our children and we have a mass transit system that is unparalleled and given us one of the strongest economies in the world.” People are moving to “cheaper” states from those that are most affected by the SALT cap, he said, not only from New York, but also from other states, including New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, California, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Historically, he explained, state and local taxes was the first deduction in the federal tax code. “It was taken away in 2017 and it’s crushing us,” Suozzi said. “We built our whole system around it, and we have to get it back.” When asked whether the SALT deduction would give more advantage to the wealthy at the federal level, Suozzi stressed that the deduction is not about the wealthy, but will benefit the middle class, particularly union workers. He said there are other initiatives that will tax the wealthiest Americans. He also said that many wealthy New Yorkers are leaving the state and he doesn’t want that to happen. “It’s a challenge,” he said. “We need to restore the SALT deduction so that New York is a more competitive and more attractive place to live.” In order to pass, the plan needs unanimous support from Democrats in the Senate to pass, and can only afford to lose three Democratic votes in the House.
The Mill Neck Family of Organizations’ Apple Festival—an annual tradition on Long Island since the 1950s—is set to proceed this year on October 9 and 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mill Neck will present the “Best of the Festival” as a DriveThru Grab & Go, making it safe and easy to take home long-standing fall favorites during current COVID-19 concerns. Get your items on-the-spot or pre order online up until Oct. 3. Selections include the top three New York State apples: Honeycrisp, Snapdragon and Jonagold, and two sizes of boxed prepacked festival must-haves including apple butters, jellies and honey. The Apple Festival fully benefits children and adults who are deaf and hard of hearing. If you are unable to drop by you can still participate in the organization’s fundraiser by visiting the donation page at millneck.org to make a contribution. The Mill Neck Family of Organizations, founded by Lutheran Friends of the Deaf in 1947, includes Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf, Mill Neck Services, Mill Neck Interpreter Service, Lutheran Friends of the Deaf and Mid-Island Audiology at Mill Neck. Mill Neck is dedicated to creating a world in which Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals are included,
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LOCUST VALLEY HIGH School freshman had a great time participating in homecoming for the first time.
THE LOCUST VALLEY High School cheerleaders wowed the crowd with their stunts during halftime.
Falcon spirit soars at LVHS Homecoming Spirit soared as students, staff and guests celebrated Locust Valley High School’s Homecoming on Saturday. The day began with the homecoming parade. Vehicles trailing floats made by each grade drove through Bayville and Locust Valley, sharing their school spirit and pride with the community. Other cars joined the parade with banners, green garland and spirited students on board. The theme for this year’s homecoming was Hollywood. The most spirited student awards went to freshmen Holly Ward and Ryan Roberts, sophomores Jenna Linden and Mary Fitzgerald, juniors Oliva Del
Tatto and Louis Singe and seniors Amber Linden and Mike Veteri. Science teacher Veronica Ciampi took the prize for most spirited faculty member and the world languages teachers won for most spirited department. The Falcon Faithful fans were out in full force to cheer on the varsity football team. The Homecoming floats lined the south end zone as the Falcons played with pride against a talented East Rockaway team. Although the Falcons fell to the Rocks, the day was a winner, bringing the community together to celebrate.
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LOCUST VALLEY HIGH School seniors Brett Dalis, above left, and Gia Villella were the senior Homecoming court winners, here with their fellow nominees. Julia Perrin, missing from photo, was also a winner. Courtesy LVCSD
LOCUST VALLEY HIGH School senior Mitchell Hermantis denied East Rockaway additional yardage with a tackle at the 50 yard line during the Sept. 25 homecoming game.
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SENIORS PUT A great deal of work in creating their float, left.
Raynham Hall offers a glimpse into the past CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Day is for education, which is important,” Collins said. “The reason for Raynham Hall Museum’s existence is to tell part of the story of the American Revolution and, in particular, focus on the Culper Spy Ring, who kept on top of what the British were doing. Robert Townsend” — a spy who lived in the house — “was the most reliable source of information for George Washington.” Outside on the lawn, Mantle continued his demonstration, focusing on the musket-loading procedure. Each cartridge was good for only one shot, he said, and a shooter needed a full set of teeth, top and bottom, to rip the cartridge open. In those days, he noted, a lot of people didn’t have them. Soldiers would reload while they were being shot at. “And the muskets didn’t always work,” Mantle said, “so soldiers used bayonets.” To demonstrate, the militia members stuck bayonets on their muskets, lined up side by side and advanced menacingly toward an imaginary target. In addition to a tour of the house and the demonstrations of Colonial-era technology and culinary arts, visitors also roamed the museum’s education center, open since June. There, dioramas depict Oyster Bay in 1780, as well as the Battle of
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MEMBERS OF THE Huntington Militia, from left, Patrick Mantle, Chris Garvey and Marvin Glassmann, entertained the visitors by firing muskets, the weapons used in the Revolutionary War. Brooklyn. A 1½-inch-tall Lt. Col. John Graves Simcoe, commanding officer of the Queen’s Rangers, can be seen leaving the hamlet on horseback against a backdrop of houses, Fort Hill and everyday scenes like a man chopping wood.
The Education Center also features 18th-century-style portraits that “come to life.” Samuel Townsend, a prominent merchant who bought would become known as Raynham Hall in 1738; his son, Robert; a slave named Elizabeth and even Simco all share their stories via a smartphone enhanced-reality app called Digital Tapestry. Created by 360 XR under the auspices of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, the app is available to anyone with an iPhone or iPad, and can be downloaded at the center. Outside, on a picture-perfect day, several families took advantage of sunny skies and warm temperatures to picnic on the lawn, where they could hear a trio playing music on instruments from the period — a lute, a viola da gamba and a baroque violin.
RICHARD AMBROSE DEMONSTRATED the art and craft of weaving.
THEO YAKO, 8, learned how to make a doll out of yarn.
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Guns ‘N Hoses Softball Game The City of Glen Cove’s police and fire departments will compete in a softball game at John Maccarone Memorial Stadium. Opening ceremonies are at 6:30 p.m. and the game starts at 7 p.m. Concessions will be open.
Karaoke at the Senior Center At 130 Glen Street, Glen Cove. The Glen Cove Senior Center hosts karaoke weekly at 1 p.m. Participants must be 60 or older and a resident of Nassau County. Call (516) 759-9610 for more information.
Movie at the Library Gold Coast Public Library Annex, 50 Railroad Ave., Glen Head, 2 to 4 p.m. Watch “Queen Bees” (2021) at the library. After reluctantly agreeing to move to a senior’s home, a woman encounters a clique of mean-spirited women and an amorous widower. With Ellen Burstyn and James Caan.
Thursday, Oct. 7 Movie Showing: “News of the World”
Saturday, Oct. 2 ‘Not Your Usual Church Bazaar” Starting at 11 a.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 253 Glen Avenue, Sea Cliff, St. Luke’s Fall Bazaar’s ever popular Country Kitchen will feature homemade jams, jellies, chutney, pickles, Vermont cheese and an expanded bake sale. Additionally, the bazaar will have a variety of vendors selling beautiful handmade items, a White Elephant Sale, apple pressing, and an exciting raffle. Hope Walk to End Human Trafficking Walk, run and cycle to break the cycle of human trafficking. West Harbor Beach Memorial Park in Bayville begining at 9 a.m. Participants can look forward to free food, shirts, popcorn, water, raffles, music and a police escort to make the route safe for all participants.
Deep Roots Farmers Market 100 Garvies Point Road, Glen Cove, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The weekly farmers market offers a selection of locally grown vegetables and eggs, fresh baked bread, honey, seafood and more.
Fall Music Festival at Eisenhower Park
The first ever Fall Music Festival at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre at Eisenhower Park will take place on Oct. 2 from noon to 7 p.m. The music festival will feature performances from the Grateful Dead tribute Half-Step, country music by Two for the Road and Eagles’ tribute band Desert Highway. The event will also feature more than a dozen food trucks, games and a classic car show. Admission is free and residents are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs. Food and alcohol will be available for purchase from the County’s concession stand and the array of food trucks. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is located at Eisenhower Park, field 6.
Sunday, Oct. 3 Tobay Beach Classic Car Show Long Island’s premier car show will take place on Sunday, October 3, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at TOBAY Beach. The event will feature hundreds of automobiles, trucks, military vehicles and emergency service vehicles. A live concert performed by That 70’s Band will take place during the day, followed by trophy presentations. The event is free for spectators. Car owners can pre-register their vehicles at www.carshowli.com for $15 per car or register the day-of for $25 per car.
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Book Discussion with the Author The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center at 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove is hosting a book discussion at 6:30 p.m. with author and photographer Daniel Levin for a discussion about his new book that explores master violin maker Amnon Weinstein’s effort to restore violins that survived the Holocaust. Learn about the 86 violins that have been restored.
St. Francis Hospital Outreach Bus The Bayville Free Library will be providing free health screenings that include
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Wednesday, Oct. 6 Cooking with Cactus Join Maria Hernandez at the Locust Valley Library as she demonstrates how to prepare Ensalada de Nopales and Nopales with chorizo and eggs. Samples will be handed out to the attendees.
The Glen Cove Senior Center Rose Shoppe Boutique is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Oyster Bay Town Board will meet on Oct. 19, at 10 a.m. The Sea Cliff Mini Mart scheduled for Oct. 3 has been postponed until October 2022 The North Shore Board of Education will meet on Oct. 7. Sea Cliff United Methodist Church’s thrift store is now open on Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Begining at 2 p.m. at the Oyster Bay East Norwich Library community room, enjoy a movie at the library. Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller where he crosses paths with Johanna, a kid taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.
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The holocausT memoRial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, which has been vandalized in anti-Semitic acts at times.
Bridging the Holocaust understanding gap By Roksana amid newsroom@liherald.com
New York has the highest Jewish population outside of Israel. With that in mind, many young New Yorkers are misinformed about the Holocaust at the same time that the state is seeing a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. A recent, first-of-its-kind survey, conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Ger many, found high levels of inadequate Holocaust education among young people in all 50 states. In New York, 58 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers — those born between 1981 and 1996 and 1997 and 2010, respectively — could not name a single World War II concentration camp, death camp or ghetto, according to the survey. Sixty percent of New York young people also did not know that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, and 57 percent reported seeing Holocaust denial or distortion on social media and elsewhere online. Dr. Stacie Locascio, a certified BrainCore Neurofeedback provider and mother of two from Glen Cove, said, “It’s absolutely shocking, and that just shows you how much anti-Semitism there is out there. I think [young people] are probably getting it from social media, which they probably believe more than they believe their teachers.” Social media has become a politically charged platform to spread misinformation, and the extent of that misinformation is cause for concern to Holo-
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andRea BolendeR, acTing executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. caust educators like Andrea Bolender, who is acting executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. “Education has changed over the years. I remember when I was in high school — you know, a hundred years ago — that you could take a Holocaust elective for a whole semester, and I think education has changed,” Bolender said. Elected leaders like State Sen. Todd
Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, are working to ensure New York schools provide adequate Holocaust education. Kaminsky said he believes there are schools on Long Island that are doing a good job of educating students about the horrors of the Holocaust, but he stressed the need for schools to undergo audits to see how students are being educated, and whether school curricula need to be amended. “It’s not just enough to mandate it in the law that Holocaust education should be taught. We actually have to make sure it’s being taught, and it’s clearly not, or not well,” Kaminsky said in an interview with The Long Island Advocate. “And so, something has to be done, and we need to know where the problems are and direct our resources there.” A bill proposed by Kaminsky to authorize the state education commissioner to undertake a study of which school districts are teaching about the Holocaust and which are not is currently under review in committee in the State Legislature. Kaminsky is now running for Nassau County district attorney. Bolender said that without in-depth education about the past behaviors that led to the Holocaust, history could repeat itself. Bolender said young people must understand the context behind the history. “That’s what we do here at the Holocaust [Memorial and Tolerance Center]. We identify the period of hate, which
behaviors will lead up to a genocide, but also examine the roots of anti-Semitism. A lot of people think it started with World War II,” she said. In 2019, anti-Semitic hate crimes rose by 14 percent across the United States, according to the FBI. New York was among the states where they were on the rise. On Long Island, swastikas have been etched into sidewalks in Oceanside, Ku Klux Klan stickers placed on poles in Bay Shore and swastikas spraypainted at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center. Bolender shared that most youths who have vandalized the Holocaust museum have not been Glen Cove locals. As a consequence, most must perform community service and take part in Holocaust education, including the meaning of Nazi symbols. “We have to spend a little more time developing their emotional intelligence, not just their mathematical and science intelligence,” Bolender said of today’s students. “Emotional intelligence will get you much further in life and make you a better human being. Isn’t that what we all want for our kids, for someone to say they were a good person Locascio said parents play a key role in their children’s emotional development, especially regarding current events in the Middle East. “I think their parents just need to pay a little bit more attention to what their kids are doing, thinking and who they’re hanging out with,” she said.
Community supports NOSH after fire for donations at St. Hyacinth’s, and stocked the NOSHBags with a bonus treat: apples donated by the Green Vale School from its orchard. “The students picked the apples from the orchard,” Callahan said, noting that the fruit is fresh and pesticide-free. “It was a really nice way to kick things off.” Callahan said that multiple organizations have offered to pitch in and give what they can. Living Water for Women is donating boxes of macaroni and cheese, she said, because that is a must-have item for families with children in school, and Orkestai Farms, in Oyster Bay, is donating fresh tomatoes. Families have also brought in food grown in their gardens or yards, from basil to pears. But NOSH is still in need of the basics: rice and beans, pasta, canned tuna. “So many families are depending on us,” Callahan said. Linda Eastman, the group’s operations manager, added that other food pantries, as well as churches and temples, have stepped in to help. The People’s Pantry, in Oyster Bay, and the North Country Reform Temple donated food, and some volunteers donated several hundred dollars’ worth of fresh vegetables, Eastman said. NOSH has also received donations from Island Harvest, and with all of the community support, has provided food to about 200 people since the fire. It is hoping to increase that number over the next several weeks, she said. Deliveries resumed just nine days after the fire. In the meantime, recipients were texted about their options for other pantries. St. Rocco’s extended its
Food donations are welcome Donations can be delivered to St. Hyacinth’s Church, at 319 Cedar Swamp Road in Glen Head, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. NOSH is especially in need of the following items: ■ Macaroni and cheese ■ Pasta ■ Two-pound or smaller bags of rice ■ Peanut butter and jelly ■ Canned tuna ■ Canned chicken ■ Canned vegetables ■ Canned beans hours to accommodate more families, and Trinity Lutheran Church added an additional day each week for its pantry. The View Grill cleared space for NOSH to store food, and allowed it to set up tents outside and distribute bags to 20 volunteer drivers once a week. NOSH opened at St. Hyacinth’s on Sept. 20, and by the next day, Eastman said, enough donations had come in to fill bags. The group is still without refrigeration, so it can’t accept meat or dairy products. “We were used to pro-
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viding perishables, so to me it feels incomplete to not be able to give them,” Eastman said. Still, she said, she is grateful for everything people have done. “The way the community has reached out, wanting to help, has really been a beautiful thing,” she said. There have also been generous monetary donations — nearly $100,000 so far, according to Christine Rice, the chairwoman of North Shore Soup Kitchen/NOSH. Glen Cove resident John Barra, manager of Bob’s Discount Furniture’s Nesconset location, wanted to help when he learned about the fire. Barra contacted the furniture chain’s management, and Bob’s presented NSSK/NOSH with a $10,000 donation to help it recover. Rice expressed her gratitude to Bob’s and to Barra, and also said that all of the volunteers associated with NSSK/NOSH have been “very gratified” by the widespread community response to this emergency. There are several ways for those who wish to help with the recovery to donate: on the NSSK/NOSH website, www.northshoresoupkitchen.org/donation; by mail, to the North Shore Soup Kitchen, P.O. Box 168, Glen Cove, N.Y. 11542; via Venmo, @NOSH-NSSK; or a GoFundMe campaign at https://www.gofundme.com/f/ fire-destroys-noshns-soup-kitchen-headquarters. The fire also damaged the VFW Hall at 15 Hill St. in Glen Cove, and the entire upstairs had to be gutted. “We’re insured, of course,” Commander Henryk Nowicki said, “but it will never cover the cost to rebuild what our World War I veterans built over 100 years ago.” Those who wish to donate can make checks payable to VFW Post 347 and mail them to the post at 15 Hill St., Glen Cove, N.Y. 11542.
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Notice of Reduced Channel Width Bayville Bridge / Mill Neck Creek Bayville & Mill Neck, NY The Bayville Bridge is undergoing repairs as part of the Bayville Bridge Rehabilitation project administered by the Nassau County Department of Public Works. Work will be done underneath the bridge with the help of a barge from September 20, 2021, through May 15, 2022. The standard work hours are Monday through Saturday from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm. During this time, the channel width will be reduced intermittently to half the channel width (38 ft). The channel will be restored to its full width at the end of the shift (3:30 pm). Regular bridge operating hours will remain the same:
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ELLIE PUCCIARIELLO BOUGHT the first teddy bear of her collection several years ago from a store in Oyster Bay that featured bears dressed in costumes.
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Teddy bears from the collection of Bayville resident Ellie Pucciariello are featured in the Locust Valley Library display case, courtesy of the Locust Valley Garden Club. Members Kassie Miller Roth and Marcy Meyer visited Pucciariello to choose from her vast collection and set up the exhibit outside the community room at the library. On exhibit are bears that Pucciariello bought was traveling. There are bears carved out of minerals, Chinese bears, miniatures and more. One of her teddy bears was made in 1903 and another, a “Tickling Teddy Bear” from England, sings a lullaby. The LVGC currently meets in the newly refurbished Locust Valley Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club on the second Wednesday of the month, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For infor mation about the club, contact Dean Yoder at dyinteriors@yahoo.com.
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Residents release 100,000 oysters into Spawner Sanctuary BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
The Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee recently closed out their 5th successful season of planting resident-raised oysters in the bay, an initiative to improve the local water quality, enhance the marine habitat and sustain the local oyster population. Young children, grandparents and everyone in-between went to Laurel Hollow Village Beach on Sept. 24 where they took to the beach cleaning their oyster cages, measuring their homegrown oysters and sending them off to the Town of Oyster Bay designated Spawner Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor. In all, roughly 100,000 were released into the sanctuary at this year’s event. “We received the oysters in June and grew them through the season, measuring them every two weeks, cleaning the cages, and ensuring their health,” Deborah Perrone, of Laurel Hollow, said. “Some years are worse than others — one year we had a 50 percent mortality rate [among the oysters], but this year was a really good year. We actually had a very short season [because] everything has been affected by Covid, including when we got our oysters. We had phenomenal growth, despite that, which was great.” Since 2017, hundreds of local volunteers have been raising oysters in community oyster gardens, with hopes of con-
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RESIDENTS TOOK TO the Laurel Hollow Village beach on Sept. 24, where they cleaned their oyster cages, measured their homegrown oysters and sent them off to the Town of Oyster Bay designated Spawner Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor. tributing to a cleaner water supply and the restoration of the natural habitat in the bay. Excess nutrients and sediment from human activities negatively affect water quality by disrupting the balance needed to support a healthy ecosystem; through filter-feeding, oysters remove nutrients from the water by consuming and assimilating the nitrogen and phosphorus from what they eat (algae, for the most part)
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cern for town and village governments, due to threatened water quality from development and other activities in the harbor and its watershed. At the beginning of the second half of the 19th century, the shellfish in the hamlet were plentiful and supported four major oyster harvesting companies and independent baymen. By 1960, the oyster populations began to dwindle. The Flower and Sons Company began a shellfish hatchery to replenish the harbor stock. Today, Frank M. Flower & Sons, Inc. shellfish company, along with more than 80 independent commercial baymen, annually harvests up to 90 percent of New York’s oyster crop from the Oyster Bay/ Cold Spring Harbor estuary. The garden program provides local property owners with the training, equipment and ongoing support necessary to successfully “garden” juvenile oysters in floats off their property (a bulkhead or dock) or on community floats. The orientation and training covers a review of the historical, ecological, economic and cultural value of shellfish and shellfish biology. Juvenile oysters, or “seed” are acquired from Cornell Cooperative Extension or other New York State Department of Environmental Conservation approved sources. The oysters, measuring between 6-17 mm, are grown in cages in NYSDEC approved areas. Each shellfish gardener is given a maximum of 1,000 shellfish that will be grown out in two cages.
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MARIA BALDINO
Maria Baldino, 110 ½, of Italy, formerly of Oyster Bay, died on July 24. Beloved wife of the late Rocco Baldino; mother of Donata Seneca (Antonio), Cosmo Baldino (Vanda), Philip Baldino (Carmela), and Vincent Baldino (Deborah). Born in Italy, Maria emigrated to Oyster Bay in 1953, and returned to her native Italy in 1986. She was a dedicated and beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and great-great grandmother. She will forever rest in peace in the hearts and generations of all she touched. Memorial Mass at St. Dominic R.C. Church Chapel on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 6:30 p.m.
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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE: INC. VILLAGE OF LAUREL HOLLOW - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing and meeting will be held by and before the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Inc. Village of Laurel Hollow, Nassau County, New York, on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 6:00 P.M. Public participation in this meeting will be available via the Zoom application which can be accessed under the “News” tab at the Laurel Hollow website https://www.laurelhollow. org. Due to the current coronavirus restrictions, physical attendance is not permissible. ZS12-2021: The public hearing on the application of Michael Rant on behalf of James Eckel to install a pool and patio at 1484 Laurel Hollow Road, Laurel Hollow, NY where the construction will disturb a steep slope and a very steep slope as shown on the Overall Site Plan and Site Plan prepared by Northcoast Civil Land Surveying & Civil Engineering dated 2/25/2020. This property is designated as Section 26 Block A Lots 216,223,725, & 742 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County. ZS11-2021: The public hearing on the application of James Murphy on behalf of Glenn Bernstein to install an elevated tram at 12 North Road, Laurel Hollow, NY where the construction will disturb a steep slope, severely steep slope, greenbelt and bluff as shown on the: Proposed Elevated Tram Site Plan prepared by Northcoast Civil Land Surveying & Civil Engineering dated 4/29/2021 and last revised 6/21/2021 and the Topographic Map prepared by Northcoast
Civil Land Surveying & Civil Engineering dated 6/9/2004 and last revised 4/17/2021. This property is designated as Section 26 Block A Lot 1272 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County. ZV10-2021: The public hearing on the application of James M. Murphy on behalf of Glenn Bernstein to install an elevated tram at 12 North Road, Laurel Hollow, NY where the proposed structure does not comply with the following sections of the Laurel Hollow Village Zoning Code: Section 145-5(A)(2) states that no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered or enlarged in the Residence District except on a lot which, for each principal building, together with its accessory buildings and structures, has a lot frontage on a street of at least 150’, except that where said frontage coincides with the circumference of a cul-desac at the extremity of a dead-end street, such front lot line frontage shall be at least 50 feet. The structure is proposed on a lot with no street frontage or cul-de-sac frontage. Section 145-5(A)(1)(c) states that in no event shall the building area of an accessory building exceed 1,000 sq. ft. The building area of the proposed accessory building is 1,496.6 sq. ft. Section 145-5(A)(1)(c) states that no accessory building shall exceed 25% of the building area of the principal building. The building area of the proposed accessory building is 43% of the building area of the principal building. Section 145-12(A)(3) states that no disturbance of any land defined as a “severely steep slope” herein shall be permitted other than the construction of a simple wooden staircase or
similar structure, not to exceed four feet in width. The proposed structure will disturb a “severely steep slope” and is not a simple wooden staircase. This property is designated as Section 26 Block A Lot 1272 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County. ZV13-2021: The public hearing on the application of Seicha Turnbull to reconstruct an existing residence at 192 Cove Road, Laurel Hollow, NY where the proposed structure does not comply with the following sections of the Laurel Hollow Village Zoning Code: No building shall be erected, altered, or enlarged except on a lot that has an area of at least 2 acres (87,120 square feet) as per Section 145-5(A)(1) of the Laurel Hollow Village Code. Proposed erection of a new building is on a lot with insufficient area of 1.24 acres (53,821.64 square feet) No building shall be erected, altered, or enlarged except on a lot that has a frontage on a street of at least 150 feet as per Section 145-5(A)(2) of the Laurel Hollow Village Code. Proposed erection of a new building is on a lot with insufficient frontage on a street of 111.55 feet. No building shall be erected, altered, or enlarged unless, if it is a principal building, it shall be setback at least 60 feet from every street line as per Section 145-5(B)(1) of the Laurel Hollow Village Code. Proposed erection of a new principal building is setback 21 feet from the street line. No building shall be erected, altered, or enlarged unless, if it is a principal building, it shall be setback at least 40 feet from every lot line that is not a street line as per Section 145-5(B)(1) of the Laurel Hollow Village
Code. Proposed erection of a new principal building is setback 27.2 feet from the north side yard lot line. No building shall be erected, altered, or enlarged unless, if it is a principal building, it shall be setback at least 40 feet from every lot line that is not a street line as per Section 145-5(B)(1) of the Laurel Hollow Village Code. Proposed erection of a new principal building is setback 26.9 feet from the south side yard lot line. The minimum floor area of the ground floor of any one-story principal building, excluding garage, hereafter erected, constructed, altered, or moved on a lot shall be 1,800 square feet as per Section 145-5(D)(1). The area of the ground floor of the proposed one-story building is 1,423 square feet. Permitted uses. No building, structure or premises in the Residence District shall be used or maintained for any purpose except one detached single-family dwelling as per Section 145-5(E)(1) of the Laurel Hollow Village Code. The applicant proposes to demolish and reconstruct a second single-family dwelling on the premises. No nonconforming building, if 50% or more of assessed value thereof is destroyed due to any cause, shall be restored in nonconforming form or location as per Section 145-21(F) of the Laurel Hollow Village Code. The applicant proposes to demolish the existing residence and reconstruct it in a nonconforming form and location. This property is designated as Section 26 Block A Lot 99 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County. By Order of the Board of Zoning Appeals Russell Mohr, Chairman September 23, 2021 127676
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WILLIAM BASIL SHEPHARD and his son Bill volunteered at the South Street Seaport on weekends, working on their flagship, 325-foot Wavertree they constructed by hand.
William B. Shephard William Basil Shephard, 91, of Oyster Bay, died on Sept. 20. Husband of the late Joan; father of William L. Shephard; grandfather of Charlotte Dreisbach; brother of Edith Schubel; also survived by many loving relatives and friends.
An electrical engineer by vocation, his avocation was sailing. In the 1970s, Bill and his 14-year-old son Bill volunteered at the South Street Seaport, weekends, working on their flagship, 325-foot Wavertree. Young Bill was a port captain, getting his first captain’s license at age 9. Later, the two built a Friendship sloop, that you could identify by its gaff rigged sails during summers in Oyster Bay harbor. Designing came in handy when volunteering with the Christeen Oyster Sloop Preservation Corporation that restored the vessel, now on the National Register of Historic Places and currently operated by the WaterFront Center of Oyster Bay for marine education and recreation. Shepherd also worked for the WaterFront Center for several years. Shephard made a name for himself by inventing two time-savings devices for boating maintenance that are still used in boatyards worldwide. One is a machine to serve/twist the steel guide wires for sails, that previously took many hours to fashion by hand. He also crafted a gadget for oiling the steel ropes/lines on the ship, made of copper tubing that slides down the lines, oiling them on its way. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Shephard’s name to the COSPC-Ida May Project at P.O. Box 386, in Oyster Bay.
Town of Oyster Bay to collect DVDs for armed forces and hospitalized children The Town of Oyster Bay is partnering with Massapequa-based "Big Hy for Heroes," in an effort to collect DVDs for those deployed and serving overseas in the United States Armed Forces as well as children's movies for kids with cancer at local hospitals. Donations will be accepted until Oct. 29 and then delivered to chaplains, commanding officers, sergeant majors and sergeants around the globe to distribute to troops and arrange movie nights this holiday season. The Big Hy for Heroes organization was founded in 2002 by Massapequa resident and WWII veteran Hyman Strachman who, along with his son Arthur Strachman, personally began sending DVDs to U.S. troops overseas. Over the years, Big Hy for Heroes has shipped hundreds of
thousands of DVDs around the world and continues to do so today. Exciting, suspenseful, comedy and classic DVDs are among the most requested by the troops for movie nights. Children's movies of all types are needed for local hospitals. Residents can donate DVDs at any of the following locations: ■ Town Hall North - 54 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay ■ Town Hall South - 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa ■ Ice Skating Center - 1001 Stewart Ave., Bethpage Additionally, letters and notes to soldiers are also welcome. For more information on the DVD Collection Drive, call (516) 624-6380.
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was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K at a frantic pace instead of plodding along, mower in hand. The temperature was a perfect 72 degrees, with no wind. Sunshine streamed down. The leaves on the trees were halfbrown and turning crisp. Fall was clearly in the air. Year after year, from my early adolescence to my SCOTT young adulthood, I ran cross-country BRINTON every fall, from middle school through college, missing only two seasons in high school. I was conditioned to gear up for the racing season as September neared an end. When the fall air and the angle of the sun in the sky turned just so, I had to be ready to run — hard. The nervous anticipation I felt as the racing season approached was embedded in my brain, and every now and again it pops up, even now, more than three decades later. Such was the case on Saturday. That got me thinking about how screwy the past 18 months must have been for our
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young athletes, how all of the coronavirus delays and cancellations in their sports seasons must have messed with their heads, whether they were elementary-age kids a few years into athletics or college competitors. When you’ve participated for years in a sport, there is an intuitive sense you feel for its up-anddown rhythms and welltimed rituals. As a cross-country runner, I knew I had from midSeptember to late October to qualify for season-ending championships in early November, a narrow window within which to achieve that year’s goals, for sure. It was six straight weeks of focused energy, of exacting routines and, potentially, of great disappointment or glory on the field of play. I was never a star runner, though in college I did eventually achieve my goal of breaking 17 minutes in the 5K, running it in 16:40, and 5 minutes in the mile, finishing it in 4:31. What cross-country, and track in college, gave me was a sense of belonging, camaraderie, place. That’s important for a young person. Athletics also gave me a routine — I knew where I had to be after school and on Saturday. My schedule revolved around sports. I thought about how disruptive the pandemic must have been over the past year and a half to the routines of tens of thousands of young athletes, and the joy they
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must be feeling as they return this fall for their regularly appointed seasons. Then I thought about Bulgaria. From 1991 to 1993, I served in the Peace Corps there, teaching English at the Vasil Drumev High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Veliko Tarnovo, an ancient city in central Bulgaria. There were no after-school athletics in Bulgarian schools. If you wanted to play sports, you attended a specialized high school, open only to those displaying natural athletic ability. At Vasil Drumev, there wasn’t even much of a gym program. The students, in grades seven to 12, hung out in the school courtyard during a free period when the weather permitted, playing basketball or volleyball. Boys did most of the playing. Girls often sat on the sidelines, chatting. There were no grass fields, no bleachers or scoreboards, only two basketball hoops set on one downwardsloping asphalt court, which, in the U.S., would no doubt have been a lawsuit waiting to happen. One day, I asked my students what they did after school without sports or even clubs. Mostly, they said, they walked around town with friends, stopping for coffee at a café, where they would sit for an hour or two before heading home to finish homework and eat dinner with their fami-
’d never suggest that we do away with them, but they do have a downside.
lies. Afterward, they might watch TV on the handful of channels that were available then, and they were usually in bed by 10 p.m. It all sounded shockingly stress-free. High school and college athletics in the U.S. can be wonderful, but the competitions are frequently high-stress events. The emphasis is too often on winning, on beating the competition, on rising to the top. Even youth athletics can be anxiety-provoking, which I found as a volunteer soccer and track coach when my kids were younger. I hope the pandemic might give us pause to think more deeply about our high school and college athletic programs. I would never suggest that we do away with them and adopt a Bulgarian-like system. As a former interscholastic athlete, I see the intrinsic value in sports. I also see the downside — the over-programming of students’ schedules, the often intense rivalries that can develop between teams and lead to divisions among young people, and the prioritization of victory over young athletes’ health, including their mental health. Pushing young people beyond their limits to the point of a physical or mental breakdown in order to win a trophy is never worth the cost. Never. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.
It’s fall 2021. Can summer 2022 be far behind?
y earliest memory of a family vacation adventure ended with my mother and father falling into each other’s arms and sobbing. I was 7 years old. They were 31. We traveled 11 hours in our black Oldsmobile to a rental my dad had found in the newspaper known as Stony Hill Farm. It was in the armpit of New Hampshire, and we had dreamt of it, talked about it, and planned for it over an entire grim New York winter. I can still see the scene where we drove onto the property. I was sweating RANDI in the back seat KREISS with my 3-year-old sister and my Grandma Annie. We had turned off the main road, and when we saw the sign for Stony Hill, we were thrilled that all the days of our two-week vacation lay ahead. Then we saw the “cottages” — tiny, shabby huts that were more than chicken coops but not acceptable dwellings for humans who could walk upright. We moved in, but not really. At 4 a.m. my parents woke us up, and we jumped into the car and fled, presumably skipping out on
our reservation and any financial commitments to the scamming “resort” owner. The story came back to me this week as I started fantasizing about finding a rental for a few weeks in Maine next summer. I know it’s crazy early for planning anything, but I’m dreaming. I need to buy into a future when we can travel again without risking our lives. In case you’re wondering, everyone is going to Maine; it’s become the “it” place for summer. Ogunquit is the new East Hampton. Part of Maine’s popularity has been its shabby chic, inexpensive cachet. No more. Long gone are the days when early colonists fed lobsters, considered trash food, to their prisoners. Since my early trauma in New Hampshire, the renting of vacation properties has become big business on Vrbo, Airbnb, HomeToGo and other platforms that bring owners and renters together — not without issues. The companies have gotten so big, and so many people are looking to escape, that the fees have soared and the potential for scams is always present. That said, we’ve found reasonably good vacation apartments and houses over the past 30 years, and I was looking to Maine for our
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getaway. Maine may still be shabby, but the prices are for the rich and famous. For the uninitiated, when you rent on the platforms, for any time from one night to several months, you get to see photos and a list of amenities and house rules and availability. I am now the world’s expert on deciphering what the house descriptions and photos actually reveal. Wherever you wander, I offer this as a public service: When reading about a property, look no further if you see the words “cozy” or “adorable.” This is online speak for cramped. You may have to crawl into the dormer bedroom. If the list of amenities includes “washing machine available,” it may be coin-operated. You don’t want to play your washer like a slot machine. “Basic” kitchen supplies is a red flag. Expect only salt and pepper. “Evolving” neighborhood also not a positive. Study, study, study the photos. The angles can make a 6-by-8 room look like a football field. We nearly booked one appealing place until we looked at a photo of a bedroom and spotted what turned out to be a toilet right next to the bed. Another place had beautiful
s you search for a future vacation rental, pay very close attention to details.
wood floors, white walls and spiffy-looking appliances, but no other furniture aside from beds in otherwise empty bedrooms and living areas. “Waterfront” can mean anything from waves crashing on a beach in front of the house to a glimpse of a canal from an attic window. You must read all — every one — of the house reviews posted by renters. People will write on and on about how perfect the house is and then, perhaps prompted by conscience, add something like, “Just one little thing. There were mice in the walls. But, really, the owner took care of it immediately.” One house looked very promising until I read a review that said, “This was a spectacular house with a beautiful view of the bay. I would definitely go back again except for the man living in the basement.” Now I’m pursuing non-Maine properties, slightly off the grid, with more acceptable prices. Canada is a possibility if it stays open to travelers from the U.S. I did see a nice house in South Dakota. It boasted “stunning mountain views” and a “chef ’s kitchen.” But one reviewer complained of bears breaking into cars, more than once. There’s always something. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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ere we are, nine years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Nassau County’s South and North Shores, still waiting for the federal and state governments to take meaningful action to harden our coastal infrastructure to withstand the likes of such a storm in the future. For sure, strides have been made. The City of Long Beach has a new, much sturdier boardwalk, constructed of hardwood rather than pine. Smart move. It also has new dunes, with cord-grass plantings, to hold back the ocean. And here and there, small flood-mitigation projects have been undertaken in various communities. We have yet to see the types of largescale hardening projects that were promised in Sandy’s wake, however. Check valves, for example, were supposed to be installed on storm drains that let out into the bays in any number of communities, but they are yet to materialize. Check valves prevent the tide from flowing backward into storm drains and flooding streets. During Sandy, backflow caused by the storm’s rush of seawater flooded hundreds of blocks nowhere near the bays.
Our communities need check valves. Where are they? Our new governor, Kathy Hochul, needs to answer us on this one. For that matter, where are the streetraising projects? Is there any word on a $300 million proposal by Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy to construct tidal floodgates across Jones Inlet? He first proposed the idea five years ago. So far we’ve had nothing but studies. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a draft report of its Nassau County Storm Risk Management Study, which suggests elevating more than 14,000 homes across the South Shore, at a cost of $3.8 billion, to mitigate the risk of flood damage during big storms, which are only expected to grow more powerful in the coming decades because of climate change. Global warming not only heats up the atmosphere, but also increases sea surface temperatures. Warmer oceans provide greater energy for hurricanes to feed off. So, yes, we need to act, as the study asserts. At what point, though, do we stop studying and start taking decisive action? The risk management study began in
2016. It is not expected to be complete until 2023 — more than a decade after Sandy ravaged our shorelines. Beyond that, it’s unclear where the billions of dollars in funding to elevate thousands of homes would come from. This isn’t right. People deserve answers from our elected leaders. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach who heads the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and is running for county district attorney, recently expressed frustration with the lack of action on the storm-hardening front. Speaking of the Army Corps study, he said, “This study, while welcome, needs to become more than just paper and evolve into funding and real deliverables as soon as possible. This must go from concepts to actual, physical storm hardening — and that’s what matters as sea levels rise and storms intensify. Time is of the essence.” We agree. So we are pleading with Hochul and local elected leaders across Nassau to take definitive action and push for more than studies. We need projects now, before it’s too late.
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air and festivals season is upon us again. Last weekend, the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores staged its famed Family Street Festival, touted as the largest such fair in Nassau County, annually attracting as many as 100,000 people. This year, the crowds were back, despite the coronavirus, thronging Bedford Avenue. It was, on one hand, a much-welcome relief to see people back together, laughing, smiling, chowing on roasted corn and zeppole. On the other, it was more than a little concerning that so many people were elbow to elbow in relatively close quarters. Social distancing — and masking — were out. In no way are we suggesting canceling such festivals. We need them now to help rebuild our tattered spirits. We would like to see more people wearing masks during such events, however. Yes, folks are outdoors, so ventilation isn’t a problem. Yes, many Nassau adults are vaccinated. We should make every attempt, however, to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in all ways possible, and masking helps. By the way, the Bellmore chamber wasn’t the only organization holding a
festival over the weekend. Huntington Mobilization for Sustainability did as well. The Huntington Environmental Festival brought together conservation groups from across Long Island to teach about subjects ranging from electric cars to geothermal energy, composting and more. What a wonderful idea! We suggest
that other groups, like our chambers of commerce, incorporate their own environmental corners into their festivals and fairs in the coming years. Long Island juts into the Atlantic Ocean, so it’s vulnerable to the effects of climate change (see editorial above). We need all the environmental education we can get.
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friend was lamenting the antivaccine movement and those who advocate their freedom from mandates, government or otherwise, to become vaccinated against Covid-19. After commenting on the irony of “pro-life” advocates wanting freedom from life-saving vaccines, my friend said, “What’s up with them?” Fortunately, about 75 percent of the adult population in the U.S. has been vaccinated at least once. Vaccination coverage, however, varies widely across ROBERT the country and among different SCOTT racial and ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic people are less likely than whites to have received vaccines, leaving them at high risk, especially with the Delta variant. As of September, nearly 60 percent of white people had received at least one dose of the vaccine, compared with only 10 percent of Black people, 17 percent of Hispanics, 6 percent of Asians, 1 percent of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives, and under 1 percent of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. The low rate of vaccination among Blacks may be explained in part by their history with American health care. From
the time of slavery through the Jim Crow era, the Flexner reforms of medical education and medical care that disenfranchised Black citizens, through the syphilis “experiments” and segregation, Black people have been discriminated against, and have good reasons to be skeptical of government and corporate health care. In recent months, however, owing in large part to citizen and community advocacy, vaccinations are reaching larger numbers of Black and Hispanics. Nevertheless, there are elected officials and activist groups who argue against sensible public health measures such as vaccinations and mask-wearing. Unfortunately, these zealots brook no questions about their assertions and assumptions. Their responses to questions like “Why not?” often is, “You just don’t get it.” Perhaps one of the major challenges in our country is that we hesitate to engage those with other views. We have conservatives who think in terms of conserving privilege instead of promoting policies for the common good, and liberals whose lifestyles or attitudes at times belie their principles of equality and inclusion. A former state senator in New Jersey was known for his familiar refrain: “We can disagree without being disagreeable.” I sometimes wish this phrase were posted on every street corner in America.
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s members of a society — family, village or nation — we are free, but with responsibilities.
LETTERS Support the Climate Act To the Editor: Regarding the story “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reveals findings of Back Bays Study” (Sept. 16-22): It is astonishing that an article about the high risk of flood damage faced by South Shore residents does not mention climate change. Why are our local elected officials supporting a plan to spend $3.8 billion in taxpayer money on resiliency measures such as “elevating more than 14,000 homes”? We know from the science that without addressing the source of the problem — climate change caused by fossil-fuel emissions — resiliency measures will ultimately fail. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky must realize that the real solution is a transformation to a renewable economy. The State Legislature must pass the Climate and Community Investment Act, which will create jobs and revenue by making corporate polluters pay their fair share to mitigate the damage they have done to our communities. If our leaders truly want to combat the disastrous effects of climate change and benefit every resident on Long
Those who object to vaccinations not only put themselves in harm’s way, as many have learned, but also put the health of others in jeopardy. They must acknowledge responsibility for illness and death when not following the guidance of science-based public health protocols. How ironic it is that many who argue for the rights of the unborn act against the rights of the living to be protected from disease. The anti-vaxxers might think they are making a political or perhaps theological choice, but in fact they are making a moral choice. They are asserting a set of values that can harm and kill others. We are taught to love one another, even the meekest among us, but anti-vaxxers often prefer antipathy to empathy. A defense offered by some is that mandates violate their freedom. Yes, a democracy honors freedom and provides that its citizens are free to question orthodoxy, to express opinions without fear of consequence, within the boundaries of law. Consequently, members of a democracy must exercise freedom with responsibility, not freedom unfettered from concern for others. Those who refuse to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle may cite their freedom to feel the air flow through their hair, but to do so is to ignore the societal
costs incurred when they crash. Society pays for their irresponsible behavior. The same is true for anti-vaxxers. Freedom isn’t a simple concept. We can be free “from” bondage and free to exercise our will, but as members of a society, whether it be a family, a community or a nation, we are free, with responsibilities. Freedom “with” derives from our founding principle expressed as “We the people.” “We,” not “I.” To flout this freedom is to fail to understand the different ways of knowing what we think of as truth. Public-health policy depends on truth as established by science, through rigorous experimentation and replication. Those opposed to vaccine mandates cling to a truth based on faith, which cannot be replicated, or a truth based on fear of authority and suspicion of government, which may at times be justified. These forms of truth generally focus on “I” instead of “we.” As American citizens with equal voices and residents of the world community, we must bear witness to the health and safety of others as well as ourselves. We must engage in boundary-spanning discussions and promote education about public health. We must honor the humanity of our neighbors and fellow citizens if we are to have a viable democracy. Dr. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University and author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).
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Lead by example on the climate crisis To the Editor: Those attending the United Nations General Assembly could lead by example when it comes to global warming. Hundreds of heads of state, ambassadors, military attachés and security personnel can give up limousines taking them to and from their embassies, hotels or residences to the U.N. These motorcades contribute to gridlock and increase air pollution. Join several million New Yorkers by riding the subway or bus. Enjoy some fresh air and walk several blocks from any nearby subway or bus stop. Mingle with ordinary people to develop a better understanding of America and its people. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
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CORRECTION In “Mask mandate divides district” [Oct. 24-30], we should have said that Locust Valley School Board member Dr. Joseph A. Zito voted on Aug. 17 that masks in school be optional. He voted to support the state mandate to wear masks on Aug. 27. And he did so again on Aug. 30, but the vote did not pass. He voted on Aug. 31 in favor of the state mandate, which passed.
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